Marjorie Taylor Greene Demands Congress 'Force' Gulf of Mexico Name Change as UK Refuses to Adopt New Name

Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene took to social media to demand that Congress use "force" in renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

"This is why Congress must pass my bill renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America," MTG wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

"This funds the actual renaming on all mapping in our government. We have to force this to happen and we should! We rename post offices all the time this isn't complicated," she continued.

Earlier this month, Greene stated that she had been drafting up legislation which, if passed, would officially rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, reported Fox News. She further suggested that the change of name would be imposed by mandating that federal agencies, including the U.S. military, refer to the ocean basin as the Gulf of America.

On Tuesday, January 7, she released text from a proposal to enact the name change that she indicated would be filed on Thursday, January 9.

"The Gulf of Mexico shall be known as the 'Gulf of America,'" read the proposal.

"Mexican cartels currently use the Gulf of Mexico to traffic humans, drugs, weapons, and God knows what else while the Mexican government allows them to do it," Greene said in a statement.

"The American people are footing the bill to protect and secure the maritime waterways for commerce to be conducted. Our U.S. armed forces protect the area from any military threats from foreign countries. It's our gulf. The rightful name is the Gulf of America and it's what the entire world should refer to it as," she continued. "We already have the bill written with legislative council and ready to file first thing Thursday morning."

During his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed a plethora of executive orders, including one which called for the Gulf of Mexico to be renamed to the Gulf of America.

"America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on earth inspiring the awe, admiration of the entire world," Trump said in his inauguration speech. "A short time from now, we will be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and we will be restoring the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs."